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Sunday, December 16, 2007

Today in History: December 16, 2007

In 1944, The Battle of the Bulge during World War II began in Belgium.

In 1864, in the afternoon, Union troops led by General George H. Thomas devastated Confederate forces at Nashville, Tennessee. The battle had begun the day before when Thomas initiated an attack after waiting some two weeks for troop reinforcements and favorable weather.

In 1998, President Bill Clinton ordered a sustained series of airstrikes against Iraq by American and British forces in response to Saddam Hussein's continued defiance of UN weapons inspectors.

TERRORISM

In 1950, President Truman proclaimed a national state of emergency in order to fight "Communist imperialism."

In 2004, Britain's highest court ruled that it could not detain foreign suspects indefinitely without trial.

ASSASSINATIONS

In 1916, Grigori Rasputin assassinated by a group of noble Russian conspirators.

In 1985, reputed organized-crime chief Paul Castellano was shot to death outside a New York City restaurant.

DISASTERS

In 1920, one of the deadliest earthquakes in history hit the Gansu province in China. The 8.6 quake killed 200,000 people.

In 1960, a United Air Lines DC-8 and a TWA Super Constellation collided over New York City, killing 134 people.

CIVIL RIGHTS

In 1991, the U.N. General Assembly rescinded its 1975 resolution equating Zionism with racism by a 111-25 vote.

In 2000, Colin Powell was selected to become the first African-American secretary of state.

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